Harry Camden came out of the wilderness unwillingly, attracted by a girl being used as bait. Sparrow Roberts, a fight manager, used this young lady to lure Harry into his own sphere, for he knew that Camden had a truly devastating punch.
But fighting wasn’t what Harry really wanted. Unimpressed by the blandishments of civilization, he drifted into a life of drunkenness and crime, culminating in the theft of the great stallion Crusader, a horse that no one but Camden could ride.
Crusader is an imperishable story of adventure, conflict, and human achievement, a thrilling narrative of a legend of the American West in the making.

Summary

Summary

Harry Camden came out of the wilderness unwillingly, attracted by a girl being used as bait. Sparrow Roberts, a fight manager, used this young lady to lure Harry into his own sphere, for he knew that Camden had a truly devastating punch.

But fighting wasn’t what Harry really wanted. Unimpressed by the blandishments of civilization, he drifted into a life of drunkenness and crime, culminating in the theft of the great stallion Crusader, a horse that no one but Camden could ride.

Crusader is an imperishable story of adventure, conflict, and human achievement, a thrilling narrative of a legend of the American West in the making.

Editorial Reviews

Editorial Reviews

“[An] enthralling western written in the spirit of the times and the genre—a ‘must’ for all Max Brand fans!” —Midwest Book Review

“Max Brand is the Shakespeare of the Western Range.” —Kirkus Review

“Brand practices his art to something like perfection.” —New York Times

“The name Max Brand is synonymous with Western novels.” —Booklist

“[Brand] is one of the top three western novelists of all time.” —Tombstone epitaph

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Author

Author Bio: Max Brand

Max Brand® (1892–1944) is the best-known pen name of widely acclaimed author Frederick Faust, creator of Destry, Dr. Kildare, and other beloved fictional characters. Orphaned at an early age, Faust studied at the University of California, Berkeley. He became one of the most prolific writers of our time but abandoned writing at age fifty-one to become a war correspondent in World War II, where he was killed while serving in Italy.

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